SNOWBALL BLOCKS Cut or Not to Cut
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Originally Posted by stephaniequeen
When making a snowball block do you cut the seams at the corners or not? And Why?
I trim to the 1/4" seam allowance, but before I trim, I sew another seam 1/2" over toward the corner. Then trim down the center, and I end up with hst's.
I use them on the back, usually have enough to do a border around the quilt. I have also used them as the binding, sewing them all together to get one long strip, then folding it into the binding.
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Originally Posted by stephaniequeen
What are hst's?
http://quilting.about.com/od/quickpi...squaretria.htm
Are you going to Scarborough Faire? quilt made with snowball blocks
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I cut the underside of the snowball fabric, but I leave the base fabric intact.
The picture upthread is really a Square in a Square in a Square block.
You can view some Snowball blocks here:
http://www.straw.com/quilting/articles/snowball.html
The picture upthread is really a Square in a Square in a Square block.
You can view some Snowball blocks here:
http://www.straw.com/quilting/articles/snowball.html
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Originally Posted by MTS
I cut the underside of the snowball fabric, but I leave the base fabric intact.
The picture upthread is really a Square in a Square in a Square block.
You can view some Snowball blocks here:
http://www.straw.com/quilting/articles/snowball.html
The picture upthread is really a Square in a Square in a Square block.
You can view some Snowball blocks here:
http://www.straw.com/quilting/articles/snowball.html
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